Sri Lanka - When to go?

A period is considered as “favorable” only if average temperatures are pleasant and average precipitations moderate (compared to the rest of the year). Local events (festivals, fauna observation, snow falls…) are not taken into account.

Weather averages

°C | °F

Colombo

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Avg. temperature (°C)(°F) 25.6 25.6 26.7 27.8 27.8 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 25.6 25.6 25.6 78 78 80 82 82 80 80 80 80 78 78 78

Av. precipitations (mm)(in) 83 63 111 251 335 195 129 93 165 358 309 152 3.3 2.5 4.4 9.9 13.2 7.7 5.1 3.7 6.5 14.1 12.2 6.0

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Jaffna

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Avg. temperature (°C)(°F) 25.0 25.6 27.8 28.9 28.9 27.8 27.8 27.8 27.8 26.7 25.6 25.0 77 78 82 84 84 82 82 82 82 80 78 77

Av. precipitations (mm)(in) 73 35 27 55 53 12 17 35 60 241 370 266 2.9 1.4 1.1 2.2 2.1 0.5 0.7 1.4 2.4 9.5 14.6 10.5

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Kandy

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Avg. temperature (°C)(°F) 22.8 23.9 25.0 25.6 25.0 23.9 23.9 23.9 23.9 23.9 23.9 22.8 73 75 77 78 77 75 75 75 75 75 75 73

Av. precipitations (mm)(in) 121 66 104 177 154 205 170 139 144 287 274 218 4.8 2.6 4.1 7.0 6.1 8.1 6.7 5.5 5.7 11.3 10.8 8.6

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Trincomalee

J F M A M J J A S O N D

Avg. temperature (°C)(°F) 26.7 26.7 27.8 30.0 30.6 30.6 30.0 30.0 28.9 27.8 26.7 25.6 80 80 82 86 87 87 86 86 84 82 80 78

Av. precipitations (mm)(in) 172 76 45 55 63 25 53 101 101 220 358 355 6.8 3.0 1.8 2.2 2.5 1.0 2.1 4.0 4.0 8.7 14.1 14.0

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